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Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

August 6, 2011

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this rip current statement at Aug 6, 2011, 10:57 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 6, 2011, 10:57 AM EDT (14:57 UTC)
Expired: Aug 6, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

648 
WHUS42 KMHX 061457
CFWMHX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1057 AM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011

NCZ103-070000-
/O.NEW.KMHX.RP.S.0002.110806T1457Z-110807T0000Z/
OUTER BANKS DARE-
1057 AM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS...

EASTERLY SWELLS COMBINED WITH ONSHORE WINDS AND WELL DEVELOPED SANDBARS
WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS NORTH OF CAPE
HATTERAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. WHILE RIP CURRENTS CAN OCCUR AT ANY
TIMES...THE MOST DANGEROUS TIME FOR LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS
IS A COUPLE HOURS ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE. LOW TIDE WILL OCCUR
AROUND 8 PM SATURDAY EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS.

RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY
FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE
SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...
JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH
PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH
ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. 

IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM
AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE
FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO
NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN
EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER.

PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE
NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD:

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 6, 11:29 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Onslow	61 min
Aug 6, 11:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Greene	61 min
Aug 6, 12:13 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Greene, Pitt	19 min
Aug 6, 12:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Onslow	53 min
Aug 6, 12:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Greene, Pitt	66 min
Aug 6, 1:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Craven	57 min
Aug 6, 1:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Tyrrell	55 min
Aug 6, 2:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Beaufort	59 min
Aug 6, 3:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Greene	59 min
Aug 6, 4:00 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	MHX	Beaufort, Dare, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Jones and 6 more	28 hr
Aug 6, 4:06 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MHX		36 hr
Aug 6, 4:12 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		48 min
Aug 6, 4:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Duplin	57 min
Aug 6, 5:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Onslow	64 min
Aug 6, 5:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Jones, Onslow	58 min
Aug 6, 6:19 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MHX	Duplin, Onslow	86 min
Aug 6, 6:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Hyde	46 min
Aug 6, 6:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	MHX	Duplin, Onslow	79 min
Aug 6, 6:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Onslow	46 min
Aug 6, 6:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Duplin	38 min
Aug 6, 7:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Hyde	54 min

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Sources

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